Medford, Oregon Area
- Current
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- publisher at Idylls Press (Sole Proprietorship)
- contributing editor at Godspy.com
- writer and novelist (Self-employed)
- Education
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Connections
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- Industry
- Publishing
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Debra Murphy’s Summary
Debra Murphy’s Specialties:
Catholic fiction and literature; book, movie and theater (espcially Shakespeare reviews; a modest facility with website design and development based on the open source Wordpress software.
Debra Murphy’s Experience
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publisher
Idylls Press (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)
June 2004 — Present (4 years 2 months)
Idylls Press is a small independent web and print publishing company specializing in spiritually informed (epecially Catholic) literature,with an emphasis on new and classic literary fiction. We publish approximately three to six books a year.
Idylls Press also publishes several websites devoted to news, views and reviews on the intersection of faith and the arts: bardolatry.com, catholicfiction.net, catholicmoviesonline.com, et al. -
contributing editor
Godspy.com
(Publishing industry)
2004 — Present (4 years)
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writer and novelist
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
1990 — Present (18 years)
I have published articles on spirituality and family life in the US and UK Catholic press; op ed pieces and reviews on Godspy.com; bardolatry.com, catholicfiction.net, catholicmoviesonline.com, and on my blog, the Idyllist.
My essay on Ian McEwan is about to be published by SECOND SPRING JOURNAL (UK). An article I originally published on Godspy is to be included in a collection of essays on the papacy of John Paul II to be published in Fall 2008 by Word Among Us press.
FICTION: I have published a short story in IMAGE JOURNA and my first novel, THE MYSTERY OF THINGS, was published in 2004 by Idylls Press. THINGS is a mystery-thriller with Catholic and literary themes, and is the first in a "cycle" of novels called THE ASHLAND GRAIL CYCLE. I am working on the second novel, ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE.
Besides the CYCLE, I have several other essays and book-length projects in the works, and am open to new freelance opportunities..
Debra Murphy’s Education
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A., History, German (minor), 1971 — 1976
- Activities and Societies:
- University of Illinois Study Abroad Program in Austria (Baden bei Wien), 1973 - 1974
Additional Information
Debra Murphy’s Websites:
Debra Murphy’s Interests:
writing (essays, reviews, fiction), blogging, theatre & film (especially Shakespeare), gardening, reading & listening to audiobooks, English and modern European history and literature.
Debra Murphy’s Groups:
Oregon Writers Colony, Willamette Writers, Sisters in Crime (SinC), Mythopoeic Society, University of Illinois Alumni Association, Publishers Marketing Association
Debra Murphy’s Honors:
Willamette Writers Kay Snow Award for Fiction
Debra Murphy’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
